Book Reviews

1. Sinnott-Armstrong, W, Why We Laugh Inside Jokes Using Humor to Reverse-Engineer the Mind by Matthew M. Hurley, Daniel C. Dennett, and Reginald B. Adams Jr. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2011. 373 pp. $29.95, £22.95. ISBN 9780262015820., Science, vol. 332 no. 6035 (June, 2011), pp. 1265-1265, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) [Gateway.cgi], [doi].
   (last updated on 2026/01/17)

   Abstract:
   Contemplating why we find some things funny, the authors provide cognitive and evolutionary perspectives on humor and its importance to humans.